Chelsea High School - Beacon Yearbook (Chelsea, MA)

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Keep your eyes on the copy, your fingers on the keyboard, and your mind on your work. IMP I liMfi I Hi Mr. White, head of the Commercial Department, gives the girls a few words of caution before starting the speed test. COMMERCIAL Keep practicing, girls, someday you ' ll reach seventy words a minute MM m m MB. Now, S-E-L-M-A, no excuses! 0 0 t ' ■j ’- § , mm

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Here we are in Spain, and listen to the crowds! The noise seems to be coming from Tierra de la Bulls, and among the crowd we sight Senorita Rose McKenna and Senora Frances Montasano con¬ versing with the matador. Pues, jvamonos a la tierra de Germany. Ah! Smell the apfel strudel! It must taste good, for Her Ruth Severance cannot stop sampling the delicacy. Jetzt gehen wir nach Frankieich! France, and isn ' t it lovely. Here we find Made¬ moiselle Frances Connolly et Monsieur Irving Scwartz cranning their necks to view the top of the breath¬ taking Eiffel Tower France ' s answer to the Empire State Building. Yes, all this in one nation, our nation, the Senior High School. ... in the challenge of world ideas Paris awaits the Parisiennes of Mr. Gootkin ' s class. German is not an easy language to learn, but with the excel¬ lent training of Miss Severance the students are able to master it. Everyone seems quite interested in what Miss McKenna is reading—especially Butchiel

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. . . and if there are preceding ciphers you move the decimal point to the right. What ' s so amusing, Carol? Did Robert copy your paper and get the wrong answer? The girls seem to be engrossed in their work since they realize how important stenography will be to them in their future careers. e future we prepare Each year the Commercial Department of the Senior High School is confronted with the challenge of preparing its students for the business world. Under the capable supervision of our expert staff of teachers, these students are instructed in all phases pertaining to commercial work. They receive intensive training in bookkeeping from Miss Bennett and Mr. D ' Ambrosio, stenography and typewriting are taught by Mrs. Fogel, Miss Pothier, Mr. White and Mrs. Berenson. Mrs. Malone instructs in the operation of calculating machines, with Miss Kar- wanski and Miss Mozzarella directing classes in office practice; all of these subjects are conducive to success in the business world. Now, now, Barbara, hasn ' t Mrs. Berenson told you enough times not to look at those keys? Bi